I find it very hard to believe that we got a few hours clear skies on the night of Saturday 28th Feb 2009 - when it has been wall-to-wall cloud cover for weeks. It meant I could fire up the New Forest Observatory for the evening and spend 4 fantastic hours capturing beautiful comet Lulin. Pre-processed the data Sunday and sent across to Florida where Noel Carboni worked his magic in creating this deep-sky work of art. Noel Carboni & Greg Parker proudly present to you - comet Lulin!!!

How long was the exposure on this one if I may ask. I wonder if it required a very short one (for the comet) or a long one for the background stars. These are dimensions that I don't normally deal with.

Have visited your website lately and was quite impressed by what you do with Noel. Even recognized from British TV the famous person between the two of you whose name I have already forgotten again. Shame on me. Just have gotten to know about him recently.

Thanks Bob - I was very lucky to get a few clear hours of sky, you can't believe the frustration I've been suffering knowing it's up there and being clouded out all the time.

Digz - I had enormous trouble finding it with my 10 x 50 binoculars. Sky was heavy with water vapour with a lot of sky glow which didn't help at all. Basically it is a LOT dimmer than I thought it would be, and you have to look for what is almost a faint cloudy glow (quite small) which is only marginally above the background. Visually it is VERY disappointing, fortunately it images quite well